SAO at s Jout LE RE a OE fol OT at » I a nS oS nS SY ee oN eee THAT PUZZLE CALLED WOMAN ; A Story of Pride and Passion. Ethel was a little comforted to 'think that Nellie knew of her dread- ful situation. The whole afternoon 'was devoted by her to looking over der husband's luggage. She had a 'wild hope that ene might find some- thing in hie handwriting relating to -her, but there were only a couple of business letters begun, which he had -evidently intended to finish and post i issed the pen he -had worn, and laid her head ugainst the breast of his coat, as she 'had daid it when he had been alive and his heart had t bemeath it. And she cried and cried for the love that could never come back, and the joy of life that was ab os her exist- ence had been compar recber f smooth and happy, and now ine one little fort- night she had euffered such anguish and torment as know or guess at all their lives through. She oug as the young ways ink, that in all the years ments, and he is too kind to show me that RS am putting him. to inconven- ne . She bade Grant send a mess to im to come round whiter and more ill than in the morn- her subject. * ing," she "how very selfish I have been goant you. All this time I am keeping you from your sister and putting out all your p anid you have been good and 'kind that ped Dare al- lowed me to forget it. now-- now that you have done rare calne ase think of yourself. Iw you to-night, ateo you must start for Washington to-morrow morning." "I shall not leave New York," he ly, "until the Ger- If you will kl ane, I shall take you on board a: you off, but, in any case, I shall nok leave until ednesday." Ethel was intensely relieved by his words, She had felt her duty ay what she had said, but 'de a she said, once more falling' to weeping, so weak and unstri How Sg eng Clarendon would have been to hear that the besetting sins of this woman were pride and self- U; that she was inclined to be a tyrant and an ag ad ye had never seen her anything but a gentle, Csi ing, dependent woman, looking toh for age Aeag was a side of bar nature her husband had never acon, "ait that few but herself knew the existence of. "I wish, ve rDiareaioe answered, fer- vently, * "that I could do ten times more for you. I feel so powerless. The ------ happiness you can give me to let me settle and arrange every- chine for you as long as we are to- gether. oe thel looked up at hin. "You must have a very kind heart," she said. "Most men are bored by the sight of a woman in trouble, and want to get away her." 7 ,»" he cried, " age al = you picked up such an idea a us?" Bas se he stopped, thinking ee words t imply a reproach to the mem- daresay," h she answered, exit "that ts not one of my vir tues, I have been rather used to be- ing spolied and to having my own way had our own conviction, spoiled you." not a time for pa ae -- sincere, he went on, " To-morrow will go to the saeat. who is "pretty sure to have heard from your lawyer, J: rrible think of all the suffering that lay before her, = of the long, lonely voy- age with no hope at the end of it. CHAPTER XII. ie agent had received a cable from Mr. Bryant vine him minute in- structions, an econd one for Mrs. Delane, cab of 'kindness and sympathy. =. course," the agent said to Clar- endon, "I gbould be be delighted to do any in my power for Mrs. Delane, but she would no doubt prefer bene &s- urself. ar that Captain Delane had come to his death by premedita- on. Hugo thanked him cordially, and re- plied that he had already taken Mrs. Delane's h to see that she looked even |. fresh air, but she would not be per- euaded. -- The next morning he brought a car- and took her to the dock. they let you come on board," ust I say good-bye to "Oh," he replied, "there will be no difficulty about ing board." ri font er edi ae state-room, bu morning w: cay bo che eaid she 'shoul go ° until the por sailed, that she 'might eee the last of him. The air revived her, and he was thankful to see a fa wr "se of color creep into her white c " You do not like me . thank Se Fein t again, May I write to you?" "May you?" he irae "You could not give me leasure." Spy said, "you will » will you not? Now @ greatest friend I ca ed, and something a ur his lips, "that we shall not see each other to-day for the last time." The minutes on; rama were signs of bees and preparation on the ship, and presently Ethel said: merchant of whom you told me." "No," he wered, "I will go and see how long there is colors you gail." He left her and disappeared. Twenty minutes passed; he had not returned. She do sitting in her deck-chair, ex- Raden ng him back every minute, when aatgad there was a movement of the anh I' she said to herself, with a sensation of pain. " And [ shall not be able to say good-bye to him!" She ran to the side of the ship, thinking to wave a farewell to him on the dock, but he was nowhere to fee of intense disap- pointment came over her. Not to have said good-bye; not to have seen the 'ant of him! she felt almost rangle although she knew there could ben neglect on his part; that his not nay. returned to her must be owing he some accidental circumstance. turned to go back to her chair, and there, three paces in front of her, -- stood Hugo. " What 1" she cried. " You are still here ?" " Yes," he auswered, "I always meant to go back to England with you, but I did not tell you sooner, scenery: felt sure you would oppose wis my She put out her hand to-h "TI do not think," she 'aide "{mpul- there was ever And two great tears rolled down her cheeks, Grant made her own reflections. "Welll" she said to herself, "if pee Delane was anything like one, I don't wonder at her fret- cae 80, poor ene But eref I don't suppose he ere's many of that pork, 'gentle or ple, as far as I = OW Still a will do a good deal to get you soma times. Afte rarta its different." For the first twenty-four hours the Passage was smooth and fair, but then : a sprang up, and for two days hts Ethel never left her oath. mhe suffered all the horrors that she had a a the first part of but Grant was an inenticantite Monster to ber. The girl was not ill, and she was eo kind and ayecnatbantt that Ethel felt hers was the service of love, not that of a hi Several times in tne day "Clarendon to door. for news, and brought grapes and anything he could think of for Mrs. Delané's com- rag and Grant would meet him on the deak and give him news of the She was perfectly aware was deeply in love with Mrs Delane, and nd aympathived heartily with t last the storm abated, and to claret joy, he was allowed to take Ethel on deck. What with her look but to : man Like Clarendon, a pale, f Woman 18 always more at- tractive than a robust one. If he had n en and tender over her on the way out, he was ten times more assiduous now that his heart was overflowing with pity for her for- lorn condition. It seemed almost a passion with her to idealize her dead husband ; to ex- alt him into a hero invest him with a thousand -guailtios which he had certainly not that is the way of a wunae. Perhaps the subject was not a very attractive one to he tened appeara: of sincere thinking. in "-- . half melancholy mood the while, what a capacity for doe t es must have been the = -- =. _ having talked so loss, and feeling of his past grief. unwe b breton to ees the dead had = ied'their dead, and were sleeping in man had little ory of the one whom he had almost But, see it was his one great wish to her thoughts from ler he aia violence to his own feel- ag the ine sections wered, soothing: Sis | pede 80. But in not unt in London for ut oft returning to the » "I think I Fhe oe "when you have ped and you do not consider that 1 has been a happiness to me to te aba to make things a_ ilttle emoother for you. And, when I re- om America, you will let you, will a not?" wered, warmly, "you will always as welcome in house as my the best friend I have." ve melanchol at the thought of parting from ~A ! now he had constantly in her society: she had Pit sates f filled his tho aren. and, h there had been a good deal of pain ora with the pleas- ure, it still seemed to him as if hap- piness had weighed the heavier ia the scales. His eit aa like Othel- Io's, ae rs. wer core wag meet them on the tender; and, from this moment, Hugo Stadiously effaced self, and neve au his attention assisting "You and I," he said to her, with his pleasant. emile, "will ores ,be tak- ing a voyage again toge' and she poplin him one of ber oright looks and ans From vmotves ot oe ie London at once, oth ex) ress h f very eb tpay Ae oo . sh Wha a & friend you have been!" she sald, t éanact tell Sten what a com fort it has ~ me to know that rom you all that happened, but you hare sacrificed yourself too much al- iacenton would gladly have st but he felt lantinetive ry ae Oo on in xpress, he feit as 'nen h all the salt and savour had gone out of life. With Ethel there was at first the pr peg of telling her woeful story, and of hearing from her ae at that Arthur _ felt and sai e srenntal exper- eet ok tite there was certain am- oun pleasure in dilati upon Ca tain Clarendon's goodness = Be hers and ower, who had a consid- erable knowledge of men and their motives, drew her conclusions from that ~ Rage sae extraordimary pelf-acrilice, I afraid she had not a very exited tees of men's un- fishy » and was -wont to believe that they did not act in this heroic manner for nothing. But s forbore to make any suggestion of this kind to her friend. The next day Ethel felt a strange void; the excitement of see eoufiding in Nelly was over, and sense of an ted to her- self that if was the thousand little of Hugo, such as Arthur never shown her, which she felt the lack of so keenly. He was still the best, the kindest friend she had in the worid, but it would have seemed Comfort to her, and gave her so mag- nificent a present that the girl re- fused at first to accept it. She had anp very handsome token of re- gard from Clarendon which he re- sented on their outward journey. ae meeting with her -- Rai painful one. Nelly had conside abentnbery necessary to tell the anh truth to Mrs. Onsiow, as any other Gourse would ee put Ethel in a false and painful position and have Coinpelied ber to tell many untruthes, S bcc which would have been agen to her straighttorw ae natur I Nelly was, cer that Tacks her re- turn Ethel\would confess the truth to r aunt, In which case she, Nelly, would appear to Aunt Mary in the shape of an arch deceiver. Mrs. On- slow had never really liked le Delane, and she was perfectly de- voted to Ethel, 80 that when the latter Bere sm-ige upon her lost hus- band's f ns utmost that a Giese tient aunt nig do was to p serve silence. This wounded Ethel, w wanted avekworta ge: to fall down and worship befo the mem- oe of her idol, and attr. & few days he longed to Sach -- ie ve Manor Haves. Mrs. Ti had miséd to spend a fortolate 2 ith hae 'thére on her return, and was as as her word. It was foe ae sad home- going. Every happy or weet angement could not bear to think of now. She was experiencing the "sorrow's delicacy, Heo mon leaving had} LL ee sree " which wn of sorrow makes iteelf so cruelly felt by women tive and rom c peraments. Remembrance is mm what finite joy is sometumes theirs in liv- ing over reget over fl Se apr Bk iggy devoted to Ethel ehe was an ly sympa- thetic and te rted woman, but even ehe found it a plas Pg bar to, and to led upon bay join ~ the eternal mada tise ofa recen co his wife. That _ could have deliberately inflicted eu and humiliation a a woman who -- treated him eo generously, just or the sake of his Own poor, petty, morbia Vanity, was an unpardonable in her eyes. In her heart she did = consider' his death an irreparable loss, for she par not -eiggalt that, with the . Ethel's oeielion t love, his grudging to give it as though it were a sign of Weakness and pe te Pedy that they could ever have been really happy. On the other hand, when it pleased her friend to vary her theme by re- counting the kindness and consider- ation which Clarendon had show 6 poor Ethel can cebtes herself to rise from grovelling at clay im fi hers, ae is brought into contact with the other, who mmust rea to hap- or t and may marry him, and be fifty Siiass } happler than she could have been Arthur Delane. He must be in Tore with her --however good a fellow a man ma be, he not put himself eta so much out ore the way for a woma in whom he only takes a friendly ine terest. nd he, fortunately, is well off, so there would be no cause for heart-burnings on the question of ey. Mrs. Tower was, however, far. to clever and had too much goud tagee to appear to see anything suspicious Or unusual in Captain Clarendons kindness. She contented herself with saying that it had m extremely good of him to bring Ethel back to England, and showed what an excel- lent heart he must have. She had always heard him well spoken of--he was very popular with both men and women, and she wondered tliat, being so desirable all agrs he had not been snapped up long a Yes, she re- membered hearing oe: that sad affair about the poor girl being killed, but that was years SED. TE no one 'egabe gO on wearing the willow for " eee looked pocesianp ly ey: pul eae "Do you think," she said, In a voice that was almost stragic, "do you think that a time will éver come when I Shaul leave off grieving for rthur ? Nelly, who was sitting on tne sofa side her, ag Ethels hand and car- essed it gent "My Poa she answered, gently, "it would be unnatural for you just now to be able to contemplate even the bare possibility of such a thing, but mercifully time heals wounds and fills up gaps in a way o not dream of in the first shock of our > even though you may never forget your husband, the time may come when he will be only a gentle mem- ory in your heart." M Delane vagy from her friend with some coldnes: "Tio 2k thotigh'. nS she answered, "] should consider saaatt the most heartless woman in the world." (To be Continued.) Bradstreet's on Trade. General business in Canada is dull, mercliants buying for necessities only. Jobbers at Montreal ex a fair peigatey 's business. At Toronto demand is confined to sores: up orders. Trade is light in No Scotia, but the weather haa heen. favorable to the crops. In New Brunswick lumber mal: ments are active, but trade oe se lines is dull. Bank clearings a Win- Hamil Toronto, Mcatenel . rf and Halifax amounted,to almost $22,- 000,000 last week, a very heavy in- creabe as compared with the previous week, when the total was only $16,- year ago, however, Was a 000 larger than it was last week, and two years ago it was about $2,400,- 000 smaller than for the past six a ness days. There "were 29 iness failures reported throughout the Can- adian Dominion last week, against 25 the previous week, 27 in the week a ago, 87 two years ago and 36 three years ago. The Retort Pointed. Rev. R. E. Knowies, Ottawa, refer- ring to the remarks of the Rev. Dr. Langtry, in which he denied the right-of church stunding to the Pres- byterian Church, said that al- though they tefusec "to bid he Presbyterian Church God- was an error Knowles con- tinu with re- gard to the earliness of her origin, or the stateliness f history, or the richn of her martyr-roli, or the solidity of her institutions, or the eloquence of her pulpits, or the wealth of her membership, or the vig- r the potency of her influence, church which supported gtr. n a contention that was born, hait half of jealousy, might sit at the feet of the Presbyte jan Church, and learn of her for a hundred years to come." CORNS! CORNS! Tender, p&inful corns, bleeding corns painiessly removed in twenty-four hours. Putnam's Painl-ss Corn Ex- tractor acts magically. ae it and be convinced. A June Wedding. At Marjorie's bln The organ's t notes Float out like a song from sweet, vel- -- throats. To soi oo ears they recall an And they" whisper hg Bi others, " Your At Marjorie we Like wanes ener in ida appear altar And, 'in ict OF | the altar, sits many. Considering, perchance, how he'd alter plan. At Marjorie's wedding. m, in place, Decides that this music's not easy to 'ace. He covers his weakness; that is, if you please, , His weakness.is covered--it dwells in hia knees * At ange yl wed weet bride, at last; On that bright, snowy vision FA are cast. Her father supports her a-down ong alsie-- He'll support more than one in a very short while. all the At Marjorie's Pofycias The t is soon tied ; They step forth her, the bride- groom and bri They step forth together, the march us But which one wil -- when the honeymoon"s don My Night in June. They rave about tranquil nights CH When -- gleam out and a harvest in Chases sh aadox Ws away, awa SS is gladness aan " night is 7 But I've a night that ts all my own, Without one star or a harvest moon; A still. still night by a sleeping lake, With t one breeze from the south e. Brighter than stars, aloft, Eyes eS gleamed with a love light or the moon Told me "a story of Joy, ah! well, The -- heard but it would not Now -- dew-drops of June night Hicesoans white on PP grave; For I dream ae: t night and [ woke alon But Ive still a raat that Is all my own. A. P. McKishnie, Magazine. in Thompson's If the Baby Would Only Sleep. Oh, the oceans of work that could be one, The garments cut and the long seams run, The blankets woven of yarn homespun, And the silk quilts pieced, not yet be- gun, To be placed in the chests of cedar If the baby would only sleep! How -- rooms could be swept and usted and The caren cleaned and the curtains repaired, The stockings darned that have poorly The visits pald and the pleasures For the sun to the west would slowly creep If the baby wouid only sleep! Then, the books with uncut pages read, The flowers attended in garden The doggies trained and the cats wail bred, The naked clothed and the hungry For the charity fairs would fortunes reap If the baby ty sleep! Oh, the pictures painted, the music The stories writ and the sonnets The questions discussed that women concerned, The money spent that her pocket As Ite went by with a dance and jeap-- If the baby would only sleep! Ah, poet, think you 'twere heaven on ear i baby's prertie no longer made If = Reda papoose from the hour of Could ake care of iteelt would mo- ther be wort é The love she bestows on cap and b As baby crows and coos in ite rites If the baby did nothing but sleep ? The Graduation Girl When you read your farewell essay; when you step ape the s' And oo us what the country needs and why the ---- rage; When in phrases majestic your opinions are ex) reseed ioe we hardly catisratatel you, If the roth must Perkace you'll oo the puzzle which so unre c And t tell us ache one girl has three or four engagement rings. We know it is a problem that has baf- fled every lan To keep supply exactly in accordance deman of our ca Is caused by some folks. getting such a lot more than thelr s So, when Ae speak of Siete sociol- Pray tell us why one girl has three or four engagement rings., Death, so called, is a sting that makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep. --Byron. The pageein is at ora when there will be uni 2 shapely ~ fomats bathor with the short skirts, and the ers hotel keeper with the long Dill : h And ere wer re ele rt that a grea